P&R Commissioner Anne Richards and Florine Kruger play the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning.

P&R Commissioner Anne Richards and Florine Kruger play the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning.

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Wilton resident John Raggazini plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

Wilton resident John Raggazini plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

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Parks & Recreation Commissioner Anne Richards started a pickleball club at the Comstock Community Center in Wilton. They played their inaugural game Tuesday morning.

Parks & Recreation Commissioner Anne Richards started a pickleball club at the Comstock Community Center in Wilton. They played their inaugural game Tuesday morning.

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Wilton resident John Raggazini plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

Wilton resident John Raggazini plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

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Wilton residents Florine Kruger and Sylvia Brown play in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

Wilton resident Sylvia Brown plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

Wilton resident Sylvia Brown plays in the inaugural game of pickleball at the Comstock Community Center Tuesday morning. The new sports club was organized by P&R Commissioner Anne Richards.

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For Pickleball players, it's game on!

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WILTON — The first session of Wilton’s newest sport club was on Tuesday morning.

A small group of players competed in pickleball, a sport combining aspects of badminton, tennis, and ping-pong, in the Comstock Community Center gymnasium.

The sport, which was named for the dog of its inventor, pits two teams of two players apiece across a low net from each other.

Competitors hit a Wiffle ball across the net using wooden paddles similar to those used in ping-pong.

Featuring a few bouts of prolonged and quick volleys over the net, John Ragazzini, one of the players who participated in the inaugural games on Tuesday, described the sport as similar to a less intense version of racquetball.

Sessions of pickleball will continue every Tuesday and Thursday until June 2.

The games begin at 9 a.m. each day and the cost for the whole season is $30 for Wilton residents.

The fee is $40 for non-residents, which covers every session through June 2.